Key considerations include: Pre-existing mental health conditions may be exacerbated during weight loss Physiological changes accompanying weight loss may affect emotional stability Medication effects on gastric emptying may reduce absorption of oral medications, including oral contraceptives (requiring backup contraception after initiation and dose increases) Social and lifestyle changes during treatment create psychological stressors Clinicians should maintain awareness that mood changes during Zepbound therapy likely represent multifactorial phenomena rather than simple cause-and-effect relationships
They had very similar findings, where they saw that about 80% of their patients were taking [GLP-1s] for diabetes indications, and the weight loss ranged in the 2% to 3% range, [which] is even more modest than what we would expect
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